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The First Step To Change,... Is Accepting Your Reality Right Now. Honoring Your Process. Compassionate Self-awareness Leads To Change; Harsh Self-criticism Only Holds The Pattern In Place, Creating A Stubborn And Defensive Basic Self. Be Gentle With Yourself As You Would With A Child. Be Gentle But Firm. Give Yourself The Space To Grow. But Remember That The Timing Is In God's Hands, Not Yours. Page~147

I Kind Of Got More Interested In Writing After I Turned In My Last College Essay And Nobody Was Going To Tell Me What Kind Of Academic Papers To Write Anymore. I Could Write Whatever I Wanted, And I Realized That I Actually Liked It When I Could Choose What I Would Write.

Unless The Desire To Change Remains Strong, Body And Mind Tend To Return To Old, Familiar Patterns. It Takes Time-from Three To Six Months-for Old Habits To Become Obsolete. By The End Of That Time, You'll Have Adapted To A New Pattern. In A Sense, You'll Have Found A New Way Of Life.

So Be Gentle With Yourself; Show Yourself The Same Kindness And Patience You Might Show A Young Child - The Child You Once Were. If You Won’t Be Your Own Friend, Who Will Be? If, When Playing An Opponent, You Are Also Opposing Yourself, You Will Be Outnumbered.

Your Body Is Malleable; You Can Sculpt It Over Time With Daily Habits Of Diet And Exercise. The Law Of Accommodation Reminds Us That The Body May Change Slowly, But It Will Change.